A set of 102 slats in the living room, 76 slats in the kitchen, & 76 slats in my craft room had to be vigorously wiped down a third time because of them being sprayed with what looked like tomato paste & maybe cake batter. I'm hoping it was cake batter. Thick, dirty, clearish white crud as shown in the photo below.

If you're good at math, you now know that I basically cleaned a total of 2010 slats. Sadly I do not have an extension ladder. Who knows what I would have found on these slats. Then again, maybe it's best I don't know.

At least the slats I come in contact with every day are cleaned. Stained in many cases (couldn't get the brown stains out even with SoftScrub with Bleach), but clean.

On the plumbing side of things, the plumbers came today & installed my new faucet! They explained to me that it is an odd facet & thus not one carried in stock at places like Lowes. The boss had to order it directly from Kohler. It's a lovely silvery thing that doesn't leak or drip. I was able to reclean the underneath sink cabinet, put in new shelf paper, put all my cleaning supplies down there, & wash off the countertops. Cooking & dish washing won't be far behind : )

That double height room looks rather lovely! You're doing a great job coping with the cleaning and I'm happy the sink works now too.

When my parents moved house last time Mum insisted the kitchen was OK for everyday cooking but Sunday Dinner was too much for it so my Dad had to take her to the local pub restaurant every Sunday for months!

When I read, I started to sing mentally a Simon & Garfunkel song "slow down, you're moving to fast", but totally understand the need of putting the house in the right condition to live in it. Hugs from PortugalPaula

Oh Shirlee you have busy, girlfriend! I just caught up with your blog and wow, I miss a month of reading and a whole lot happens...all good though!We still have a 10x10 storage unit that holds a large portion of our things...we went from 3700 to 1500, like my holiday dishes and well, most everything that is mine :)The blinds are clean, that must feel good and a new faucet, you will enjoy cooking and even doing dishes now....I'm so glad that you are settling in nicely. Pa and I have come to the conclusion that maybe renting is not so bad at our age, and after owning four different homes over 20 years, it is actually nice to let things be someone else's worry...and to stay in Kentucky, that is a blessing!Yikes, that is a bit spooky, so be sure to tell us all when you are going to storage beside Satan's unit so that we know where to look if ya'll don't come back...just kidding God forbid :)HugsMa